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From: MEDELMA@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU (Michael Edelman)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Civilian Nuclear Ships
Message-ID: <1991May7.062502.12756@amd.com>
Date: 6 May 91 14:17:40 GMT
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From: Michael Edelman <MEDELMA@CMS.CC.WAYNE.EDU>


Why have their been no successors to the Savannah? A major reason may
be that shipboard reactors- at least those in our Navy- use highly
enriched uranium fuel. Some or all is actually weapons grade, from what
I've read. In general, the US Gov't doesn't like to see weapons grade
fuel out sailing the seven seas unless it's surrounded by a few hundred
armed sailors and marines.
                  
--mike edelman    medelma@cms.cc.wayne.edu